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A&O Shearman Offices
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England
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Matthew Readings
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Work Department
Antitrust/competition.
Position
Partner
Career
Matthew Readings is Global Antitrust Practice Group Leader and Head of the London and Brussels Offices. He splits his time between London and Brussels and focuses on EU and UK competition law, including transactional and behavioral/contentious work, and on UK, European and other non-US foreign investment regimes.
Matthew advises a broad range of clients on strategic merger control and foreign investment approval issues, represents clients before the European Commission and the CMA, oversees multi-jurisdictional merger reviews in countries throughout the world and has handled complex European Commission and CMA cases, including Phase II investigations and remedy cases, as well as sensitive foreign investment screenings. He also advises on cartel investigations by the European Commission and UK cartel investigations and market studies/investigations by the CMA and sector regulators such as the FCA. He is experienced in private enforcement of antitrust rights in the UK courts.
Matthew is recommended in the principal legal directories.
Education
Nottingham Trent University (LSF 1993); Nottingham University (1992 LLM).
Personal
Trained Lovells; qualified 1996; became partner 2004 and remained there until 2006; joined Shearman & Sterling as partner 2006.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax